Abstract
PEP: | 429 |
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Title: | Python 3.4 Release Schedule |
Version: | $Revision$ |
Last-Modified: | $Date$ |
Author: | Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org> |
Status: | Active |
Type: | Informational |
Content-Type: | text/x-rst |
Created: | 17-Oct-2012 |
Python-Version: | 3.4 |
This document describes the development and release schedule for Python 3.4. The schedule primarily concerns itself with PEP-sized items.
Release Manager and Crew
- 3.4 Release Manager: Larry Hastings
- Windows installers: Martin v. Löwis
- Mac installers: Ned Deily
- Documentation: Georg Brandl
Release Schedule
The releases so far:
- 3.4.0 alpha 1: August 3, 2013
- 3.4.0 alpha 2: September 9, 2013
- 3.4.0 alpha 3: September 29, 2013
- 3.4.0 alpha 4: October 20, 2013
- 3.4.0 beta 1: November 24, 2013
- 3.4.0 beta 2: January 5, 2014
- 3.4.0 beta 3: January 26, 2014
- 3.4.0 candidate 1: February 10, 2014
- 3.4.0 candidate 2: February 23, 2014
- 3.4.0 candidate 3: March 9, 2014
- 3.4.0 final: March 16, 2014
- 3.4.1 candidate 1: May 5, 2014
- 3.4.1 final: May 18, 2014
- 3.4.2 candidate 1: September 22, 2014
- 3.4.2 final: October 6, 2014
- 3.4.3 candidate 1: February 8, 2015
- 3.4.3 final: February 25, 2015
- 3.4.4 candidate 1: December 6, 2015
- 3.4.4 final: December 20, 2015
- 3.4.5 candidate 1: June 12, 2016
- 3.4.5 final: June 26, 2016
- 3.4.6 candidate 1: January 2, 2017
- 3.4.6 final: January 17, 2017
There are no specific plans for the next release of Python 3.4.
Features for 3.4
Implemented / Final PEPs:
- PEP 428, a "pathlib" module providing object-oriented filesystem paths
- PEP 435, a standardized "enum" module
- PEP 436, a build enhancement that will help generate introspection information for builtins
- PEP 442, improved semantics for object finalization
- PEP 443, adding single-dispatch generic functions to the standard library
- PEP 445, a new C API for implementing custom memory allocators
- PEP 446, changing file descriptors to not be inherited by default in subprocesses
- PEP 450, a new "statistics" module
- PEP 451, standardizing module metadata for Python's module import system
- PEP 453, a bundled installer for the pip package manager
- PEP 454, a new "tracemalloc" module for tracing Python memory allocations
- PEP 456, a new hash algorithm for Python strings and binary data
- PEP 3154, a new and improved protocol for pickled objects
- PEP 3156, a new "asyncio" module, a new framework for asynchronous I/O
Deferred to post-3.4:
Copyright
This document has been placed in the public domain.